# JOVE SPUCCHI

CV

[jov3.com](https://jov3.com) · [jove@spucchi.com](mailto:jove@spucchi.com)

## Summary

Interdisciplinary artist working across performance, sound and computational media. My practice includes sustained queer nightlife gatherings, collaborative dramaturgy, video and interactive software.

## EXHIBITIONS // PERFORMANCE // SOCIAL PRACTICE

### [YOLOROBICS](https://jov3.com/writings/yolorobics)

2011–Present · Various venues including Public Works (San Francisco, CA), The STUD Bar (San Francisco, CA), and other sites across the United States

Durational, distributed ritual nightlife and social practice exploring collective embodiment, ekstasis, and queer social choreography (performances, gatherings, and hosted environments)

### [EAT ME](https://jov3.com/works/eat-me)

2024 · Medialab Matadero — Madrid, ES

Video contribution developed during LAB#03: Synthetic Minds

### Selected Works

2016–2020 · Online

Exhibited via Wetware Gallery (online, artist-founded and curated platform)

### [Emote in "Body of Work"](https://vimeo.com/32074989)

2012 · Gallery 303 — Provo, UT

Curated by Daniel Everett

### Für Bethan

2011 · Harris Fine Arts Center — Provo, UT

### Thom Tano

2010 · Gallery 55 — Natick, MA

## WORKSHOPS

### [LAB#03 — SYNTHETIC MINDS — EAT ME](https://www.mataderomadrid.org/en/schedule/collaborative-prototyping-lab-selected-projects-lab03)

2024 · Medialab Matadero — Madrid, ES

Selected collaborator — Collaborative Prototyping Lab

EAT ME — conceived by Brittany Newell and Jenkin van Zyl.

## COLLABORATIONS

### [Performer, Dramaturg, Ceremony Development — Dissolution of the Goat Standard](https://goat-standard.com/about-us/)

2024–2026 · Athens, Greece

Dimitri Kotsaras — Artist, Project Initiator (Soulis Society)

### [Dramaturg, Technical Consultant — boycow](https://jov3.com/works/boycow)

2025 · Amsterdam, NL; San Francisco, CA

Cornelius and Gabriele Christian — Writing, Performance; Monique Jenkinson — Direction; Jove Spucchi and Colin Self — Dramaturgy

### [Dramaturg — And the Bull](https://cornelius.art/work/and-the-bull)

2023–2025 · Private homes and performance spaces throughout the US

Cornelius — Writing, Performance; Monique Jenkinson — Direction; Jove Spucchi and Colin Self — Dramaturgy

### Technical & Artistic Collaborator — w o w m o m

2022 · San Francisco, CA

Larry Arrington & Alexa Burrell, ODC Theater

### [Conceptual Dialogue, Textual Contribution — Colossus](https://cornelius.art/work/colossus)

2021 · Golden Gate Park — San Francisco, CA

Cornelius O and Maria Silk — Writers, Performers

## WRITING // PUBLICATIONS

### [Occulted Podcast](https://spucchi.com/occulted)

2023–Present · Online

Host and producer

### [Nightlife and Dance Floor Spirits with Jove Spucchi](https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/nightlife-and-dance-floor-spirits-with-jove-spucchi/id1685575851?i=1000773629190)

2026 · Online

Guest conversation — The Frightful Howls You May Hear

### [Ekstasis as Method](https://jov3.com/writings/ekstasis-as-method)

2026 · Online

Essay on ritual, performance, and liminal shared states

### [Tech-Wizardry and Scrying the Stars](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zSgsYEz3tjYVbi8kldIEN)

2025 · Spotify (Online)

Invited long-form conversation — The Frightful Howls You May Hear

### [Editor — Arica Roberts, Gendered Womb Healing, Malevolent Magic, and Spiritual Medicine in the Early Medieval Lives of St. Brigit — thesis and published article.](https://www.academia.edu/71881220/Gendered_Womb_Healing_Malevolent_Magic_and_Spiritual_Medicine_in_the_Early_Medieval_Lives_of_St_Brigit)

2021

## SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS // CONFERENCES

### [Poetic Astrological Weather (Section VIII)](https://www.radiofreegolgotha.com/speakeasyofthedead)

2025 · Radio Free Golgotha — Online

Speculative cultural writing

### The Dionysian, the Base, and the Feral

2024 · Glasgow, Scotland

Scottish Pagan Federation: Exoterica

### Ekstasis under the Moon

2023 · Berlin, Germany

Occulture Conference

### Amplifying Magical Practice with Dramaturgical Thinking

2023 · Online

AstroMagia 2023

## TEACHING

### [Food in Magical Practice](https://www.thegramounce.com/)

2025 · Online

The GramOunce — Alternative Masters Program

### Justice Through Code

2023–2024 · New York, NY

Columbia University

### Technical Mentorship Program

2021–2023 · New York, NY

Emergent Works

## TRAINING // RESEARCH

### [Introduction to Psychoanalysis](https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/introduction-to-psychoanalysis-with)

2025–2026 · Online

Dr. Vanessa Sinclair — Rendering Unconscious Center for Psychoanalysis

### Physical Theatre: Butoh

2021–2025 · Berkeley, CA

Iu-Hui Chua, Berkeley Rep Theatre

### Independent research and community participation

2022–2023 · Hudson Valley, NY

Volunteer work and learning with spiritual elders informed my exploration of ritual, communal care and persona.

### BA Graphic Design

2010–2013 · Provo, UT

Focus in Studio Art and Computer Science, Brigham Young University

## GRANT WRITING // CULTURAL FUNDING

### Grant Writer & Narrative Strategist

2020–Present

Grant development for artists, researchers, and cultural organizations

Conceptual framing, proposal writing, and institutional alignment for interdisciplinary arts, humanities, and technology-based projects. Funded cultural and research grants supporting interdisciplinary art and social practice. Private foundations, arts organizations, and institutional programs; budgets, narratives, and supporting materials.

## PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

### [Founder, Advisor](https://jove.work/)

2023–Present · Remote

jove.work — Independent advisory and consulting practice

Strategic advisory work for individuals and small teams across art, technology, and research contexts

### [Founder, CEO](https://opertus.systems/)

2021–Present · San Francisco, CA

Opertus Systems

### [Director of Engineering](https://emergentworks.org/)

2021–2023 · New York, NY

Emergent Works

### [Engineering & Leadership Roles](https://www.linkedin.com/in/markthomasm/)

2012–2022 · United States

Calm, Verbling, Blackbird Air, WebReply